why the lucky stiff <ruby-talk / whytheluckystiff.net> writes:
> George Ogata wrote:
>
>> ...the third time... and it has to mean something...
>
> It's a popular slogan amongst the Merchant Marine. They say it all the
> time. It's similar to saying "lickety split." You can get it on mugs
> and badges. I first saw mention of it in a kitschy painting displayed
> at the museum in Balboa Park.
>
> Later, it became the title of a popular e-zine in Canada. Three
> siblings who did these great crafts like: turning your shoes inside-out
> and sewing them back together that way or games you could play with bird
> feed. The art was really wild. But the kids got busted by their folks
> because the kids were hosting the zine on the server that their dad was
> using for sensitive mortgage loan information. It got closed.
>
> Anyway, you can read it all on Wikipedia. It was a really big deal.
>
> _why
Oh. My condolences. Thanks for clearing it up, though; I can
concentrate again.
And before someone complains about going OT: nice work on Syck.